2012-2013学年第二学期高一英语科期末考试卷

2012-2013学年第二学期高一英语科期末考试卷总分150I.听力（30分）II. 单项填空(共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)21. My brother would like to buy a good watch but ______ was available from that shop.A. nothingB. noneC. no oneD. neither22. — Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?— $4,000, or ______ like that. (2012 福建)A. anythingB. everythingC. somethingD. nothing23. Sophia waited for a reply, but _______ came. (2012 江苏)A. eitherB. anotherC. neitherD. none24. Larry asks Bill and Peter to go on a picnic with him, but ______ of them wants to, because they have work to do. (2012 全国Ⅰ)A. eitherB. anyC. neitherD. none25. — John, when shall we meet again, Thursday or Friday?—_______. I’ll be off to London then. (2012 重庆)A. EitherB. NeitherC. BothD. None26. Customers can get ______ discount if they buy ______ furniture from the store during the Spring Festival.A. a; theB. 不填；aC. a; 不填D. the; a27. Peter’s ______ for the New Year is to build a nursing house for the disabled children in our neighborhood.A. solutionB. resolutionC. operationD. exhibition28. The millionaire appears to be generous but actually he is ______ once it comes to money.A. enthusiasticB. ashamedC. curiousD. greedy29. Early in the morning Stevenson left his hometown for Shanghai, ______ to start a completely new life.A. determinedB. determiningC. to determineD. being determined30. The customer was really ______ when he found a fly in the soup.A. pollutedB. cheatedC. annoyedD. attracted31. Though ______ into a poor family, the child made his way to college and won the chance ______ abroad.A. born; to studyB. born; studiedC. was born; studyingD. was born; to study32. Lucy paid for the new car ______ cash, but surprisingly she gave the seller bags of money ______ coins.A. with; inB. on; withC. in; inD. by; on33. Bill tried to pret end that he wasn’t worried, but his shaking hands ______.A. turned him downB. gave him awayC. calmed him downD. sent him away34. —I didn’t do well in the exam. How about you?— I did you, so we were in the same boat.A. not better thanB. as well asC. not as well asD. no better than35. That international company is the first _____ the MP4 player in the world.A. producingB. to produceC. having producedD. producedIII. 完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5 分, 满分30分)I remember as a young boy I was living in a poor suburban neighborhood as a foster child. I would often 36around in the different neighborhoods on my own and offer to help clean a yard or mow a lawn in exchange for some pocket money 37to buy some school clothes or candy.One day I 38the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed her 39 raked together in the yard. She asked 40I was not in school. I showed her my torn pants and the soles of my shoes, which were 41and no longer keeping my feet warm and protected. She allowed me to 42in the yard that entire day.When I finished my task she asked me to come 43and then reached into the cupboard and pulled out a big jar 44with dollar bills. She said, “Now you’ve done a fine j ob today and although you 45some school which is very 46, I want you to buy some pants and new shoes and go back to the school. I also want you to come back and visit me with your 47and I will reward you when I 48you have worked hard and gotten good marks. Now reach in with both of your little 49and take out as much as you can.”I took as much money as I could. It was 50for me to buy what I needed. I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she had 51. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars for my 52. And over the next couple of years she continued to have this 53influence in my life.Many years has 54, but I have never forgotten the huge difference this wonderful 55made to my life with her generosity and kindness.36. A. happen B. travel C. walk D. turn37. A. also B. just C. even D. still38. A. knocked on B. searched for C. stood against D. came across39. A. books B. plants C. trees D. leaves40. A. how B. when C. why D. whether41. A. expensive B. worn C. funny D. beautiful42. A. work B. play C. study D. dance43. A. outside B. downstairs C. outdoors D. inside44. A. covered B. buried C. filled D. pushed45. A. missed B. ignored C. attended D. ruined46. A. difficult B. informal C. useless D. important47. A. money B. report C. present D. letter48. A. agree B. hear C. see D. imagine49. A. hands B. ears C. feet D. eyes50. A. little B. large C. small D. enough51. A. displayed B. promised C. explained D. thought52. A. progress B. experiment C. solution D. invention53. A. slight B. negative C. positive D. physical54. A. stopped B. passed C. lost D. disappeared55. A. teacher B. worker C. doctor D. strangerIV. 阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分)AIn June 1976, I graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Before the president handed me the diploma (毕业证), he asked my parents, Anna and Carlo Michelotti, to stand. They rose from their seats in the audience in surprise. They looked at each other and seemed puzzled.The president told the crowd that my parents had managed to send their six children to top colleges and graduate schools. (Three of us would become doctors, two were already lawyers and one was a physicist.) “It’s surprising,” the president said. Everyone cheered loudly.My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her parents moved to this country in 1926. They lived in Chicago, where my grandfather worked making ice cream.My parents got married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man. He was 17 when he left Italy. After they married, my mother left her job and gave herself to her family. In 1950, with three children, Dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and traveled regularly by bus to the city to run his business. Mama said goodbye to her parents and friends. She also said goodbye to her busy city life.My mother never studied books on parenting. Yet she knew how to raise children.One fall day, I was sitting at the kitchen table and Mama was cooking dinner. She saw Dad out the window on his tractor and smiled. “Your father has achieved so much,” she said. “He really is s omebody.”56. What is the purpose of the writer writing the passage?A. To show her pride at the graduation ceremony.B. To describe what her parents have gone through.C. To tell readers about her family history.D. To show love and respect to her parents.57. The writer’s mother left her job to .A. devote herself to her familyB. work on the farmC. help her father with the businessD. enjoy a more peaceful life58. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The writer learned a lot from her parents.B. The writer often helped her mother cook dinner.C. The writer’s mother felt very proud of the writer’s father.D. The writer’s father usually worked on the farm before dinner.BA thin, calm lady, who was fully dressed each mo rning by eight o’clock, even though she was nearly blind, moved to a nursing home.Her husband of 94 years old recently passed away. After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when I told her that her room was ready.As she walked slowly to the elevator, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on the window for a long time. “I love it,” she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room ... just wait.”“That doesn’t matter,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It’s how I a rrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.” She went on to explain, “Old age is l ike a bank account (银行存款), and you take what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.” And with a smile, she said, “All put in my memory is happiness.”Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.59. Why was Mrs. Jones very happy when the author told her that her room was ready?A. She thought the room was beautiful.B. She thought the people here were kind.C. She had put happiness in her mind already.D. She thought she would make lots of friends here.60. Which of the following words can describe Mrs. Jones properly?A. Proud.B. Honest.C. Loyal.D. Optimistic.61. We can infer from the passage that the author .A. was familiar with Mrs. JonesB. worked in the nursing homeC. was one of Mrs. Jones’ relativesD. would change the old sheets for Mrs. Jones62. The passage mainly tells us .A. how to live a long lifeB. a lonely but happy womanC. how to be happy in one’s lifeD. what a nursing home is likeCWhen people talk about a “slow boat to China”, they usually mean that something is taking a very long time. The term is often used in reference to movements of people or goods, as in “my package is taking so long to arrive; it must be on a slow boat to China”. This idiom is most commonly used in American English.The origins of the term appear to lie in the game of poker. The player who lost at a slow and steady pace was often referred to as a “slow boat to China”. Therefore the patient player achieved his winnings slowly and steadily. In a way the loser’s plight (困境) was beneficial for the winning poker player.In 1948, Frank Loesser used the idiom i n a slightly different way in his song “On a Slow Boat to China”. He used it in a romantic sense, referring to the idea of being so in love with someone that you would want to take the person on a slow boat to China to spend as much time with him or her as possible. Both of these meanings referred to the fact that shipping something to China took a long time, and it would have taken even longer to cross the Pacific on a slow boat.People continue to use this term to refer to long trips, or to suggest that they have a great deal of time to do something. For example, one might say, “We can sit and talk as long as you like, because we might as well be on a slow boat to China.” As a matter of fact, the term isn’t used as much in the romantic sense anymore, because the famous song has fallen out of favor.63. A poker player who is referred to as “a slow boat to China” is someone .A. who keeps losing moneyB. who plays poker well by cheatingC. who likes playing poker on a boatD. who dislikes playing poker very much64. We can infer from the passage that in American people’s eyes, ancient China is .A. amazing and easy to arrive inB. far away and hard to arrive inC. strange and hard to understandD. uncultured and easy to control65. Talking about “a slow boat to China” now, people may mean .A. they are true fans of classic songsB. they have difficulty in doing somethingC. they are involved in something romanticD. they will spend a long time achieving their goals66. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?A. The origin of “slow boat to China”.B. The effect of “slow boat to China”.C. The modern use of “slow boat to China”.D. The basic meaning of “slow boat to China”.DGoing back to the land can be done. It is called “living the simple life”. But we are so used to our computers, cell phones, and supermarkets; we don’t know the word “simple” anymore. In fact, it is not hard to grow a garden in your backyard if you own a home.We all have gotten lazy in the last two generations. All we seem to care about is who or what we can take from. The land that we are building on is starting to run out. The mountains are being torn down to make way for a million dollar home. Why not just build a simple home to blend in with (十分协调) the land?Before we could even think about returning to the land, we have to give the land back to the earth. Stop tearing down the forests for needless million dollar homes. Stop cutting into the mountains because you want to escape the truth around you. Stop ripping up the parks to make more highways.Plant more flowers so the bees can have a chance to survive. Plant a tree now and you maysave the planet later. Pick up trash when you see it on the ground. We need to teach our children how to start conservation (保护) now before their generation has to live underground, or worse they won’t have a next generation.Today I walked outside and it is supposed to be winter, but it is 80 degrees. The flowers are blooming too early because we cannot control our habits of greed. I cannot understand why we are killing the only place we have to live on. We can spend billions on needless things that pollute this planet, but we can’t spend pennies on seeds that would save this planet. What a shame!67. Paragraph 3 mainly tells us .A. some facts about the landB. what we have done to the landC. what we can take from the landD. what we should do to give the land back to the earth68. To return to the land, we should .A. raise lots of animalsB. never escape the truthC. stop building highwaysD. grow as many plants as possible69. In Paragraph 5, the author .A. expresses personal wishesB. shows the changes of natureC. criticizes human beings’ behaviorD. suggests some ways to save the land70. How doe s the author feel about human beings’ deeds?A. Ashamed.B. Surprised.C. Moved.D. Sad.EEveryone has been frustrated (挫败的) by being stuck in a traffic jam, doing stupid or risky things and putting themselves and others at risk. This is something to be avoided at all costs, so it is better to consider ways to keep your cool in advance in case you are stuck in a traffic jam.The first step in learning how to keep your cool in a traffic jam is to practice simple anger management techniques. Open the car window and take deep breaths, one after another. This, of course, may not apply in a smog-filled city centre but can help in other places.Put the radio on and find a station playing some soothing (令人舒畅的), perhaps classical music. Even better, keep a CD of the same in the car and pop it in to the CD player when stuck in a traffic jam. Certain types of music are capable of having a very calming effect on all of us,although the types of music which have this effect will vary from individual to individual.Try not to dwell upon(老想着) the results of being stuck in the traffic jam, even if it is going to make you late for the most important meeting of your life, because there is quite simply nothing that you can do about it and that the issue can and will be dealt with at a later time.Try thinking about something totally unrelated to the traffic jam. Perhaps there is something in your life which you have been trying to find time to work out. Take the time to do so while stuck in the traffic jam and therefore use time which would otherwise be wasted.Whatever tips you follow in a traffic jam, remember also to keep attention upon what is happening within the traffic jam. Take every safe opportunity to move through it and you will arrive safely at your destination.71. It can be inferred that the passage mainly talks about .A. facts about traffic jamsB. tips on keeping safe on the roadC. the results of the traffic jamD. how to keep cool in a traffic jam72. In our life, when stuck in a traffic jam, we tend to .A. become stupidB. find ways to avoid itC. get annoyed and impatientD. make ourselves feel cool73. Which one of the following is suggested in the passage by the author?A. Never get excited whenever it is.B. Take deep breaths when you are angry.C. Listen to different kinds of music.D. Think about nothing during the traffic jam.74. Not to waste our time during the traffic jam, we .A. should avoid the traffic jam in advanceB. should choose to walk to workC. should keep our attention on the trafficD. could work out other things in that period75. Who will be probably interested in the passage?A. Passengers.B. Drivers.C. Passers-by.D. Students.V.短文填词 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。